Method of dating commodity-packages.



G. G. FRELINGHUYSEN. METHOD OF DATING COMMODITY PACKAGES.

APPLEATIDN HLED FEB-.15. I918- Patented Dec. 31,1918.

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GEORGE G. FRELIN'GI-IUYSEN, OF MORRIS COUNTY,

NEW JERSEY, A-SSIGNOR TO STEEL UTILITIES, INCORPORATED, A CORPORATION OFNEW YORK.

Specification of Letters Patent.

7 METHOD OF DATING COMMODITY-PACKAGES.

Patented Dec. a1, 1918.

Original application filed October 1 1 1916, Serial No. 125,120..Divided and this application filed February Improvements in Methods ofDating Commodity-Packages, of which the following is a specification. 1

The invention relates to a new method of dating commodity packageswhereby the manufacturer will have a permanent record upon suchcommodity packages of the dates when filledl The objects'and advantagesof the present invention will be set forth in part and in' part will? beobvious herefrom, the same being attained through the various steps andsuccession of steps pointed out in the appended claims. The inventionconsists'in the novel method, steps and improvements herein shown and.described.

This application is a divisionof my application Ser. 'No. 125,120, filedOctoberll, 1916. '1 The accompanying drawings, herein re ferred t'o,'andconstituting a part hereof, illustrate one embodiment'of the invention,and together'with the description serve to explain the principlest-hereo Of the drawings 1 1 'Figure 1 is an end elevation of a machinewhich may be employed in practising the invention;

Fig. 2 is a section on the line AB of Fig. l';and;

Figs. 3 and 4 illustrate labels which are the product of the method orprocess of the present invention.

In packaging many commodities it'is desirable for the manufacturer orpurveyor to mark the package with the date of filling and sealing, andit is frequently desirable to do this by placing a chronological markona label applied to the package, and this is especially desirable inthe cases of fluid, semifluid and other commodities which are packagedin bottles, tins and the like. It is also lines ofmerchandiseuniversally deciphera l -dat ng by p tgmt ngihe u er l .01

'marks in addition to 15 1918, Serial No. 217,333.

the day of month and year in the label is objectionable, as consumersare thereby frequently groundlessly y prejudiced against commodities.

It is further desirable that the dating being undecipherable by theconsumer shall be unobtrusive or practically unnoticeable to the casualobserver of the label. Many commodities are packaged with artistic andornamental labels aflixed, which have great value in enhancing theattractiveness and desirablity of the goods and increasing the demandamong consumers for the particular brand, and the present inventiondates the labels so as to preserve their attractiveness for the purposesstated.

It is also an object of the present inven tion to provide in connectionwith the fore-- going, a method of dating the labels which will producea label adapted for rapid, easy and reliable handling in connection withthe aflixing thereof to the commodity packages. 'Itfhas been thepractice to date labels by.

punching or perforating numerals therethrough corresponding to themonth, day and vear. but this is obiectionable because it causesadjacent labels to stick together and thus interferes with and stops thelabel affixing machine, causing a waste of both time and labels.Furthermore. this old way of so marking the labels istediousandexpensive, as the labels can be punched only in small groups or bunches,idly dulled and must be'frequently replaced, all of which is obviated bythe present method.

By means of the method or process of the present invention, the labelsmay be marked in packs or bundles of thousands, the marking of'a groupof one or more thousands of labels consuming very little labor, andsufficient labels for the daily output of even the largest factories maybe thus chronologically marked in a few minutes of time. Further by thisinvention the marking of .the labels does not cause them to sticktogether, -also there is but little wear on the mark may beundecipherable by the 'con sumer.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, illustrating by way of exampleone manner and the punches are rappractising the invention is shown inconing device 1% may be accurately positioned by turning the handle 26of the screw shaft.

The shaft 6 is drawn forward or back so that the labels clamped in thecarrier may be clear of the marking device, say to the right in Fig. 2,as the shaft is slidable in its bearings l2 and 13. Shaft 6 is rotatedto move plates 1 and 2 away from each other so that the gang or packageor labels on may be placed within the carrier. Shaft 6 is then rotatedin the opposite direction to press plates 1 and 2 together and so firmlyhold the gang oflabels w. The motor 16 is started, and the shaft 6 ismoved longitudinally, sliding in its bearings 12 and 13, and carryingthe plates 4: and 5 with the gang of labels, to feed the labels past themarker 14, thereby marking them at the selectedchronological point.

From all the foregoing it will be understood a new label has beenprovided, and a new system or method of dating commodity packages. Itwill be understood, also that changes may be made from the exact mannerof practising the invention herein shown and described without departingfrom the principles ofrthe invention and without sacrificing its chiefadvantages.

What I claim is 1. The method of. dating commodity pack ages whichcomprises placin a secret chronological mark thereon in ar itraryposition known only to the packager.

2. The method of dating commodity packages which comprises placing aplurality of arbitrary marks thereon in'predetermined relation withrespect to each other to indicate the month and day of packaging.

3. The method of dating ages which comprises placmg a secretchronological mark thereon in arbitrary position with respectfto thelettering or other markings on the package.

4. The method of dating commodity packages which comprises placing aplurality of arbitrary marks thereon in predetermined relation withrespect to the markings on the package to indicate the month and day ofpackaging.

5. The method of dating commodity pack ages which comprises placing aplurality of arbitrary marks thereon in predetermined relation withrespect to each other and to the markings 011 the package, to indicatethe month and day of packaging.

6. The method of dating commodity pack- Copies of this patent may beobtained for five cents each, by addressing the commodity packages whichcomprises placing a secret dating mark in predetermined position on alabel to indicate a date and attaching the dated label to a commoditypackage on that date.

7. The method of dating commodity packages which comprises placing asecret dating mark in predetermined position on the edge of a label toindicate a date and attaching the dated label to a commodity packaged onthat date.

8. The method of dating commodity packages which comprises placing asecret dating mark in predetermined position with respect to thelettering on a label to indicate a date and attaching the. dated labelto a commodity packaged on that date.

9. The method of dating commodity packages which comprises taking a gangof labels and placing a secret dating marking in predetermined positionin each label of the gang of, labels to indicate a particular date andapplying the labels to commodity packages filled on that date.

10. The method of dating commodity packages which comprises taking agang of labels simultaneously placing on each label of the gang oflabels a plurality of secret dating marks in predetermined relation toeach other to indicate a particular date and applying the labels tocommodity packages packaged on the marked date.

11. The method of dating commodity packages which comprises taking agang of labels and marking the edges of the labels with arbitrary marksin predetermined relation to each other to indicate a particular date,and applying the various labels to commodityv packages packaged on themarked date.

12. The method of dating commodity packages which comprises placing amark thereon in a position indicating the date of packaging thecommodity.

13. The method of dating commodity packages which comprises placing aplurality of marks thereon, the location of the marks indicating thedate of packaging the commodity.

In testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specification, inthe presence of two subscribing witnesses.

GEORGE G. FRELINGHUY SEN.

qo nmissioner oi Patents.

Washington, D. G.

